Where does “groeve” come from?

groeve (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch groeve, from Old Dutch gruova, from Proto-West Germanic *grōbu, from Proto-Germanic grōbō, from Proto-Germanic grabaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- — to dig, scratch, scrape.

groeve (Dutch): open grave; quarry, pit

Definitions

  1. open grave; quarry, pit

Ancestry of “groeve”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchgroeve—
2Old Dutchgruovahole, ditch, pit
3Proto-West Germanic*grōbu—
4Proto-Germanicgrōbōhole, ditch, pit
5Proto-Germanicgrabanąto dig; to engrave, scratch
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʰrābʰ-to dig, scratch, scrape

Words derived from “groeve”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰrābʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic grabaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic grōbō →